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Timor-Leste Income Tax Calculator

Enter your salary to see Timor-Leste’s flat 10% wage income tax and your take-home pay in US dollars. Compare any two tax years side by side.

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Timor-Leste — 2026 Tax Year

2026 Tax Year

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This is an estimate. Consult a tax professional for accurate calculations.

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Fill in your gross income and filing status, then calculate to see your tax breakdown.

How to use Timor-Leste Income Tax Calculator

This Timor-Leste income tax calculator works out the Wage Income Tax (WIT) on resident employment income for 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. Timor-Leste keeps the first USD 6,000 a year (USD 500 a month) tax-free and taxes wages above that at a flat 10%. Because the country uses the US dollar, your salary, the threshold and your take-home are all in US dollars. The calculator shows your WIT, effective rate and take-home pay, and lets you compare any two tax years side by side.

  1. Select your tax year (2023, 2024, 2025, or 2026) — the WIT rate is identical in every year.
  2. Enter your annual gross wages in US dollars (USD).
  3. Keep the filing status as Individual.
  4. Click Calculate to see your WIT, effective rate and take-home pay.
  5. Turn on the year-comparison view to see two tax years side by side.

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How Timor-Leste Wage Income Tax works

Employment income in Timor-Leste is taxed under the Wage Income Tax (WIT). The first USD 500 a month (USD 6,000 a year) is taxed at 0%, and wages above that are taxed at a flat 10%. So a USD 20,000 salary is taxed at 10% on USD 14,000, giving USD 1,400 of WIT. Because the rate is flat above the threshold, your effective rate rises gradually toward 10% as income grows but never exceeds it. The WIT rate and threshold have been unchanged across 2023–2026, so results are consistent for each year.

Residents, non-residents and the US dollar

Timor-Leste adopted the US dollar as its official currency, so salaries, the threshold and take-home pay are all in US dollars. Wages paid to non-residents are taxed at a flat 10% with no tax-free threshold, while residents benefit from the USD 6,000 tax-free amount modelled here. The calculator covers standard resident wage income; self-employment and business income are taxed under separate rules. For exact figures, consult SNIA.

Worked examples

Salary USD 12,000, 2026

Inputs: USD 12,000 wages

Result: USD 600 WIT · take-home USD 11,400

Salary USD 30,000, 2026

Inputs: USD 30,000 wages

Result: USD 2,400 WIT · take-home USD 27,600

Salary USD 60,000, 2026

Inputs: USD 60,000 wages

Result: USD 5,400 WIT · take-home USD 54,600

Glossary

WIT
Wage Income Tax — Timor-Leste’s tax on employment income, withheld monthly by employers.
Flat rate
A single rate (10%) applied to all wages above the tax-free threshold.
Tax-free threshold
The amount of wages taxed at 0%. In Timor-Leste it is USD 500 a month (USD 6,000 a year).
Effective tax rate
Total tax divided by gross income; rises toward 10% but never exceeds it.
Resident
A person whose wages qualify for the USD 6,000 tax-free amount; non-residents are taxed at 10% from the first dollar.
Take-home pay
Wages after WIT is deducted.

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